Daily Renewal
Blog URL http://dailyrevolution.net
Located Brooklyn, New York USA
Tags I Ching, Tao, Kung Fu, Poetry, Harry Potter, Counseling, Psychology, Obama, Afghanistan
A political-cultural omnibus,on the web since the summer of 2004; our blog’s distinguishing characteristic: is something we refer to as “freethinking bipartisanship.”
Latest Blog Posts
- Bob Herbert – Right Again on Nov 21, 2009 in economics meaning power
Today’s column is a must read. He visits Detroit and laments the destruction of an industrial powerhouse that powered our WW2 victory and the prosperity of the Eisenhower era. Sadly, we have abandoned all this for… what? (For cheap furnit...
- Overshooting the Mark Still Misses the Target on Nov 20, 2009 in Uncategorized American International Group Financial services government Henry Paulson unemployment United States Wall Street White House
Krugman’s cental point today re. the AIG / Wall St. bailout is crucial, and after I quote his salient paragraphs, I’ll explain what I think he means, beyond the econo-speak. For the economy is still in deep trouble and needs much more gov...
- Geekspeak for Non-Geeks, from a Para-Geek on Nov 19, 2009 in Uncategorized Apple linux Mac OS X Microsoft Microsoft Office open source Steve Ballmer Windows 7
I’ve been writing a regular tech column for about four years now, beginning with the “Geek Wednesday” feature at the old site (if you go to the Blogspot archive, you can get a feel for my approach and my popular targets by looking a...
- Medicine is a Verb on Nov 18, 2009 in Uncategorized
Dr. Weil has a piece at HuffPo today on a comprehensive approach to mental health and the treatment of depression. Note that the studies he cites are mostly European. One of the remarkable features of American arrogance is our contempt or selective i...
- Too Evil For J&R on Nov 18, 2009 in Uncategorized
Update: We’ve been restored to viability with J&R, with their apologies. My vast and wealthy readership is now free to buy their tech gear at the retail castle beside the Brooklyn Bridge. We carry a few affiliate ads here, mostly on the in...
- Education Cutbacks and the Opportunity in Misfortune on Nov 17, 2009 in Uncategorized
We’re in a fiscal crisis here in New York State, which is hardly surprising. They’re fixing to cut roughly $700M from the NYC Public Schools, including about $500K from my kid’s school, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts.
- Hexagram 29: A Jug of Wine, A Bowl of Rice on Nov 17, 2009 in Uncategorized Culture Hexagram 29 Human I Ching magic nature New York City New York metropolitan area Religion and Spirituality The Abyss
I keep the Tao of Grasshopper page here for a reason: it’s topical. It may seem like a silly claim to make of a TV show from nearly 3 decades ago, but the core message of this remarkably original program remains valid today: “Fear is the...
